Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
- Book Power
- 2.1
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 0
- never number one
- Top-ten weeks
- 0
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 1
- September 1977
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.What it earned each author
Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allistair MacLean | primary | 100% | 2.1 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Sep 18, 1977 on the timeline →- #1The Thorn BirdsColleen McCullough
- #2IllusionsRichard Bach
- #3DynastyRobert S. Elegant
- #4The Crash of '79Paul E. Erdman
- #5Full DisclosureWilliam Safire
- #6Delta of VenusAnais Nin
- #7ComaRobin Cook
- #8Oliver's StoryErich Segal
- #9The InvestigationDorothy Uhnak
- #10CondominiumJohn D. MacDonald